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Organism
Organism Or"gan*ism, n. [Cf. F. organisme.]
1. Organic structure; organization. ``The advantageous
organism of the eye.' --Grew.
2. (Biol.) An organized being; a living body, either
vegetable or animal, compozed of different organs or parts
with functions which are separate, but mutually dependent,
and essential to the life of the individual.
Note: Some of the lower forms of life are so simple in
structure as to be without organs, but are still called
organisms, since they have different parts analogous in
functions to the organs of higher plants and animals.
Meaning of Organism from wikipedia
- An
organism is any
living thing that
functions as an individual. Such a
definition raises more
problems than it solves, not
least because the
concept of...
-
unicellular organism, also
known as a single-celled
organism, is an
organism that
consists of a
single cell,
unlike a
multicellular organism that consists...
- A microorganism, or microbe, is an
organism of
microscopic size,
which may
exist in its single-celled form or as a
colony of cells. The
possible existence...
- A
multicellular organism is an
organism that
consists of more than one cell,
unlike unicellular organisms. All
species of animals, land
plants and most...
- that
discoveries made in the
model organism will
provide insight into the
workings of
other organisms.
Model organisms are
widely used to
research human...
- This
article lists the
largest organisms for
various types of life and
mostly considers extant species,
which found on
Earth can be
determined according...
- The
HACEK organisms are a
group of
fastidious Gram-negative
bacteria that are an
unusual cause of
infective endocarditis,
which is an
inflammation of...
- A
genetically modified organism (GMO) is any
organism whose genetic material has been
altered using genetic engineering techniques. The
exact definition...
- An
aerobic organism or
aerobe is an
organism that can
survive and grow in an
oxygenated environment. The
ability to
exhibit aerobic respiration may yield...
- A
juvenile is an
individual organism (especially an animal) that has not yet
reached its
adult form, ****ual
maturity or size.
Juveniles can look very different...
